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Apple has come up with a number of popular gadgets over the years. Many have been embraced and accepted almost immediately when they first came out. But no matter how popular some gadgets can be, there comes a time when they either become obsolete or their popularity has waned. This may be what has happened to the Apple iPod Nano and Shuffle, two of Apple’s popular MP3 players, which are being discontinued.

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It is easier to achieve certain milestones when you have an existing foundation to build into. In the case its messenger app, reaching a billion of monthly users is a bit easier because of the users of its growing social network. But then again, it is still quite an achievement that Facebook can be proud of.
Facebook has recently announced that monthly usage of its Messenger service app is more than a billion. Alon

Just when you know asking for someone’s relationship status couldn’t be more awkward, Facebook introduces a button that allows you to do so. The Facebook Ask button lets users inquire about another member’s relationship status, even if they deliberately leave that part of their profile blank.
In a normal situation, one member could have just left a message to another user. But with the Facebook

Facebook has announced that users can now log into the social networking site anonymously. This process, however, only applies when a third-party app is asking for permissions via Facebook Login API. The anonymous login enables users to try out apps without handing over their personal information.
Take note that it is only anonymous to the app makers, but not on Facebook. Users who decide to allow more permissi

Vic Gundotra, Google’s senior vice president who also happens to be the man behind Google+, has tendered his resignation after almost eight years working for the tech giant.
Gundotra announced his departure from Google in a post on his personal Google+ page, thanking the people who helped build the “other” social network.
“This is a group of people who built social at Google against the ske

Ever wonder where your Facebook friends are? The social media service will tell you with its latest friend tracker.
Facebook rolls out a new feature on its mobile app that displays locations of “Nearby Friends” in real time. The intention is noble, enabling users to meet their Facebook friends easily in real life. The friend tracker feature is turned off by default, so users who do not want Facebook

Twitter has recently unveiled its latest redesign of user profiles, which the social media service has been testing since February. On the surface, the first thing you would notice on the latest Twitter redesign is that the profiles look like those on Facebook.
The now-larger user photo is placed on the left-hand side, while the header image is laid out like FB’s cover photo. You can even pin one of your

You may have noticed your friend sharing a post on Facebook that encourages readers to click Like or share it to your news feed. These posts are called “like-baiting,” which has littered the news feed and Facebook is doing something about it.
“The improvement we are making today better detects these stories and helps ensure that they are not shown more prominently in News Feed than more relevant

Vine, Twitter’s hit video-sharing app, introduces a new feature wherein users can message other Vine members directly through video. It looks similar to Twitter’s direct messaging, but with text and video clips.
To create a new Vine message, tap on the Messages section, record a video and send it to one or several users. All of the conversations, however, remain one-on-one like Snapchat. This means

After weeks since the Turkish government imposed a ban on Twitter, the country’s constitutional court declares the Twitter ban as a breach in Turkey’s freedom of expression. The court has also directed the TIB–Turkey’s governmental office responsible in Internet regulations–to restore microblogging service, which could take several hours.
Meanwhile, it remains unclear whether YouTube